Polybus (Πόλυβος) is an ancient Greek male name. It is the name of: Historical figures: Polybus (physician) (fl. c. 400 BCE), author of On the Nature...
In Greek mythology, Polybus[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Πόλυβος) was the 20th king of Sicyon who reigned for 40 years. Polybus was the son of Hermes...
Corinth with the news that King Polybus had died. Oedipus was relieved for the prophecy could no longer be fulfilled if Polybus, whom he considered his birth...
the child, gave him as a present to the wife of Polybus, since she could bear no children. With Polybus' consent, since they were childless, they adopted...
infant and gave him to another shepherd in the employ of King Polybus of Corinth. Polybus and his queen, Merope of Corinth (according to Sophocles, or...
childless king Polybus, who raises Oedipus as his own son. As he grows to manhood, Oedipus hears a rumour that he is not truly the son of Polybus and his wife...
him hospitality, throwing a stool at beggar-Odysseus. Eurymachus, son of Polybus, is the second of the suitors to appear in the epic. Eurymachus acts as...
Oedipus and assure him that he was the son of Polybus. Unfortunately for Oedipus, the Messenger says, "Polybus was nothing to you, [Oedipus] that’s why, not...
Polybus (Ancient Greek: Πόλυβος) was the king of Thebes (in Egypt) and husband of Alcandre. Menelaus and Helen stayed in his court for a while after the...
of Thebes, Merope and Polybus raise Oedipus as their adoptive son. Eventually, when questioned by Oedipus, Merope and Polybus deny the adoption. As a...
Peirous Penthesilea (Queen of the Amazons) Phorcys Podes Polites Polydamas Polybus Polydorus (prince of Troy) Polyxena (princess of Troy) Priam (king of Troy)...
different in the different traditions: (i) Nereus; (ii) Copeus; (iii) Polybus, son of Hermes, and Euboea, daughter of Larymnus; (iv) Anthedon and Alcyone;...
and grandfather of Theseus Polybus of Corinth, a king of Corinth Polybus of Sicyon, a king of Sicyon and son of Hermes Polybus of Thebes, a king of Thebes...
did not have the resources to look after him, so he was given to King Polybus and Queen Merope (or Periboea) of Corinth, who raised him to adulthood...
Thessalus and Draco, and his son-in-law, Polybus, were his students. According to Galen, a later physician, Polybus was Hippocrates' true successor, while...
whom she later consorted. Also known as Eriboea. Periboea, wife of King Polybus of Corinth and mother of Alcinoe. She was the foster mother of Oedipus...
to the city of Sicyon) and Zeuxippe. She and Hermes are the parents of Polybus, another king of Sicyon. She married Phlias, son of Dionysus and Araethyrea...
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